Retail: Big Data and Personalized Shopping Experiences

If you’re a retailer, chances are you’ve got loads of data from your customers, but the question on the minds of many is how to take advantage of it all? The digital age is also the age of personalized experiences, but there are plenty of marketers who have yet to take advantage of th

data scientist 2

this is a second note on the role of data scientist… some links to Harvard Business Review http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/01/the_great_data_scientist_in_fo.html http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/04/two_departments_for_data_succe.html

Insegni Centre and Project X Labs Announce Joint Social Intelligence Offering

We are so thrilled today to be announcing that Insegni Centre has partnered with Project X Labs to create a joint offering in the area of Social Intelligence, called LikeInsight. See cross post here Social Intelligence you ask?  Think Social Media Data + Business Intelligence! I

The beginning of the end for Data Warehousing ?

Some of you may be surprised to read I've recently become less religious about Teradata. That's not because Teradata has declined or it's competitors have improved significantly. It's mainly because I see the market moving toward realtime and near realtime reporting. T

Being Right and Data Quality

Over the past 2 months I have found myself listening or participating in conversations that were driving for an absolute answer. I am by far no mystic guru or physocologist, but it is sad to see the energy we spend endeavoring to be right. Please don't take me wrong, this is not a